Vapor-burner



T. TRASK WOODWARD, VOF PANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS H.

WINGATE, OF DEGATUR, ILLINOIS.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,998, dated February 247, 1883.

Application led December 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. TRASK WOODWARD, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Pana, in the county of Christian and State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vapor-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovementsin vapor-burners; and itcon- 1o sists in an elongated combustion-chamber and corresponding cap, provided with a transverse bar to spread the flame, the relative positions ot' the valve and fluid-tube on opposite sides of the conducting-tu be, two jet-oritices controlled 1 5 by one valve, and the manner ofconveying the fluid or gas around three sides of the conducting-tube, thereby forming a powerful generator, especially adapted for heating solderingirons and tempering small tools, all of which zo will be hereinafter more fully described, and such features as are believed to be new pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichj Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section, showing its interior construction entire. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the burner with the cap removed. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the inside of the cap, showing the position of the bar for the purpose of spreading the flame.

Similar letters ref'er to similar parts throughout the several views.

Arepresents the base and generator; B, the cup formed onto lthe generator and elongated in shape. C is the fluid-inlet pipe; D, the conducting-tube up through the generator A. d d

are lluid or gas canals, which pass on three sides of the conducting-tube, and at a dii'erent height from that ot' the supply and discharge tubes. E represents the valve; c, valve- 40 screw; e', drip-cup, and et a are two separate and distinctjet-orices controlled by one valve E. Thesejets are arranged side by side and in relation to the length of the burner-cup. F

is the removable cap, provided with a series of jet-oriiices. bis a transverse bar, located at the center thereofl and on the under side, for the purpose of spreading the flame or dividing the two jets, throwing them to either extremity of the burner. The oblong form of the cup or burner is designed most especially for use in heating soldering-irons and tempering small tools, as its heat is very intense. Some advantages are gained by the peculiar formation and location of the generator, it being so arranged that its upper half is within the combustion-chamber or cup. The fluid is admitted near its lower'end, on one side, and rises up the canal d, passes around one side of the generator, near the cond noting-tube D, which is formed up th rough its center, to the opposite side from that at which it entered, thence down canal d to the valve E. There is a hole drilled up into the lower stem of the valve at o, which is plugged at its-lower end by a screwplug, which may be removed for'tlie purpose of cleaning out the jets with a small wire wheneverclogged by sediment or rust. It will be obvious that with this construction of burner, with its powerful generator, all titters and packing in the pipes are elsewhere entirely dispensed with, as neither is required. The cap F is provided with an inverted rim,f, which iits into the cup. (See Fig. 1.) In this ligure the cap is shown slightly elevated above the cup, but when properly adjusted ts down dat on the top of said cup, forming a tight joint and an exceedingly large combustionchamber.

I am aware that au inverted cone has been used in the top of the cap for the purpose of 8o spreading the flame. This I` do not claim, broadly, but in combination with two separate and distinct jets controlled by one valve and arranged under oneconducting-tube, asshown.

It will be obvious that by this peculiar construction of burner, and the location ofthe generator and the fluid-canals almost entirely within the combustion-chamber and constantly enveloped in ame, I obtain a powerful generation, sufficient to supply my double-jet valve 9o and produce a perfect combustion without the usual oiensive smell of unconsumed gasoline.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vapor-burner, the valve E, formed with a pair ofjet-oritices located below and adapted to discharge through a single conducting-tube,

in combination with suitably-perforated removable cap, and a deeotor, V-sha-ped in crosssection and located centrally above said jetorifices7 substantially as set forth.

2. 1n a vapor-burner, the valve E, having two jet-orifices, a a, controlled by one screwvalve and adapted to discharge through one oonduotingtnbefin combination with perforated'eap F and the defleotor b, substantially as shown and described.

3. 1n avapor-burner,theelongatedoupB,gen erator A, and the removable cap F, corresponding in shape to the cup, and provided with an inverted tnransverse bar, V-shaped in cross-seotion and located at right Vangles to the position of the jets aa, for the purpose of dividing the flame and throwing it to the two extremities ot' the burner, substantially as specified and shown.

4. In a vapor-burner, the combination, with the cup B and generator A, as shown7 of the double-jet valve E and removable cap F, having three or more rows of pert'orations, and a transverse ba1,`V-sbaped in cross-section, all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' T. TRASK YVOODVVARD.

Witnesses T. H. WINGATE, L. E. WATERMAN. 

